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Published by Eugenics, New York, 1937
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New. About Very good in good dustwrapper. Minor fading towards the bottom of book cover small piece of the dustwrapper ripped off, 1. 5 inch tear and a few smaller ones, wear and shelf-rubbing. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Publication Date: 1921
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: VG. NY 1921 new edition, Medical Publishing Co. Hardcover. Octavo, 709pp., dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG.
Published by The Medical Publishing Co., New York, 1899
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
709 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth. Hinges cracking; a very few pages with red underlining; autograph quotation at the head of the title page. A little shaken, with light rubbing to the cloth at edges and extremities.
Published by Eugenics Publishing, New York., 1937
Seller: Clifford Elmer Books, CHEADLE, CHES, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 708pp. 4to. New Edition. Book itself VG and internally very clean, but dust-jacket worn with loss around edges and top of spine, titles complete on front cover. A definitive study on all aspects of prostitution from its earliest history. The author traces the origins of religious prostitution; the infamies of the Babylonian Love Banquets; the 'love' festivals of ancient Greece; bawds and brothels of early Rome, the shocking morals and manners of France, Italy and Spain in the middle ages, lascivious court of Russia; the excesses of Restoration England and an amazing picture of New York during the latter half of the 19th-century. Dr Sanger was for many years resident physician at Blackwell's Island, New York City and the work was first published at the turn of the last century. Includes Index. (Heavy item, will require additional postage on overseas orders).
Published by Eugenics Publishing Co, New York, 1937
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good(-). 708 pages. Historic & geographical subjects include: The Jews, Egypt & Syria, Rome, Early Christian Era, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Algeria, Belgium, Germany, Scandanavian Countries, Great Britain, North & South America, Native Americans, U.S. section with emphasis on New York. DJ chipped with light wear.
Published by The MEDICAL PUBLISHING CO., New York, 1898
Book
Cloth. Condition: Good. THE HISTORY OF PROSTITUTION ITS EXTENT, CAUSES AND EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, Hardcover, 709 p SMALL DAMAGES ON COVERS.
Published by Eugenics Publishing Company, New York, 1937
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Very Good+ in boards. Slight color fading on spine and rear panel.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1858
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9.5in. xiv. 685pp. Bound in later cloth with the original titling laid down. VERY GOOD. Shows a former owner bookplate of the period on the front paste-down, a small blemish at the endpaper, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1858
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, large 8vo, pp. [7], viii-xiv, [3], 18-685, [3]; original brown blindstamped cloth, publisher's monogram on covers, gilt spine lettering, extremities chipped; pastedowns bubbled; otherwise very good. Pencil ownership inscription on title page of H. S. Humphrey. William Wallace Sanger (1819-1872) was a New York physician. The History of Prostitution elucidates the laws and customs surrounding sex work internationally. For foreign cultures Sanger relied primarily on secondary sources. The most well-researched chapters of the book related to sex work in New York City, where Sanger interviewed approximately 2,000 women at Blackwell Island and assembled comprehensive statistics from police reports and city records. Sabin 76512.